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David S. Schell will be presented his official commission as a
Fairfax Circuit Court judge on Friday, March 13, at 4 p.m. The
investiture ceremony will take place in Courtroom 5J, FairfaxCountyCourthouse, 4110 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax. The
public is invited to attend the hour-long ceremony, as well as a
reception immediately
afterwards.

At the ceremony, Delegate David Marsden will present Schell with his
official commission, and Circuit Court Chief Judge Dennis J. Smith will
ceremonially administer the oath to Schell, who took his oath of
office on Sept. 4, 2008.

Before joining the Circuit Court, Schell served for 17 years as a judge
of the Fairfax Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court. Prior to
that, he practiced law in Northern Virginia from 1979 to 1991. Schell
received his law degree from the Washington College of Law, American
University, in 1978.